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Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Marithe works in a training center and her main responsibility is to assist people seeking alternative job options. One day, Carole arrives at the center, looking for new professional opportunities. She can no longer stand the pressure of working with her talented Michelin-starred chef husband, Sam, nor does she want to live in his shadow. She's never finished her studies and thus reaches out to Marithe to turn her life around.
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
With his wife in labor, father-to-be Thomas speeds to the hospital, and in the process, accidentally kills a young man on the road. That death sets into motion events that will change everyone's lives forever, including the young man's mother, Marie-France, who cannot recover from the trauma. Nine years later, Marie-France takes a job, as Thomas's assistant, without him knowing about her connection to his past.
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Clara is a lonely nurse from the outskirts of Sao Paulo who is hired by the mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon-to-be-born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
"Trapped behind the high walls of an austere orphanage in suburban Paris, Paul has only ever known one home. His chance to discover the great wide world comes when a bohemian couple, Célestine and Borel, take him back to their countryside home. Borel is the gamekeeper for a vast estate in the untamed French countryside of Sologne. Initially recalcitrant and rebellious, Paul becomes close with the elusive poacher -- and Borel's nemesis -- Totoche....
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asuncion, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened, and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
7) Rojo
Series
Publisher
Distrib Films US
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Set in Argentina during the Dirty War of the mid-seventies, on the eve of the nation's descent into a military dictatorship, ... follows Claudio, a renowned lawyer living a seemingly picture-perfect life in a deceptively quiet provincial city. One night, a stranger starts insulting Claudio in a restaurant for no apparent reason. Later that night, the stranger intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana.
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
During a visit to the cinema in West Berlin, high school students Theo and Kurt see dramatic newsreel footage of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest. Back at school in Stalinstadt, they spontaneously decide to hold a moment of silence in solidarity with the victims of the uprising. The gesture causes bigger ripples than expected.
9) Balloon
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In the summer of 1979, two East German families attempt the impossible. In a makeshift hot-air balloon, they risk their lives and fly towards West Germany with hopes of freedom and a better life. Unfortunately, the balloon crash-lands just before they reach the West German border and the Stasi soon discover evidence of the attempted escape. In a nerve-wracking race against the clock, the two families must now rush to build a new escape balloon before...
10) The venerable W
Series
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Evil comes in many forms. In Myanmar, it manifests in the casual racism and Islamophobia of influential, charismatic Burmese Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu. Through interviews with journalists and community leaders who protest against Wirathu's views, activist footage of Rohingya persecutions, and through powerful storytelling, director Barbet Schroeder slowly builds his case. Perhaps most damning of all are the interviews with the man himself; couching...
11) Three summers
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Madâ, is a fifty-something caretaker for a cluster of luxury beachside condos owned by a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family. Unfolding over the course of three consecutive summers, 2015 to 2017, the film follows Madâ as she invests in a roadside snack kiosk while tending to the very need of her condescending employers, becomes a bystander in a major money-laundering scandal, and eventually launches a whole new career. With every dizzying new turn of...
12) Black box
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Matthieu, a brilliant young black-box analyst with an extraordinarily acute ear is charged with investigating a deadly plane crash. Progressively obsessed by inexplicable evidence that doesn't add up, and spiraling further and further into the realm of paranoia, he gradually loses credibility at the BEA, the bureau that investigates aviation safety in France. So, he's forced to go rogue, risking both career and life, but determined to uncover the...
13) Goliath
Series
Publisher
Distrib Films US
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from pesticide exposure. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for a multinational chemical corporation. Patrick is a lonely but tireless environmental lawyer. All will have their lives collided and turned upside down after one farmer's desperate act sparks a powerful movement. Based on a true story, this David and Goliath fight is an engaging examination of the...
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